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Geforce 6200

blue screen crashes

November 4, 2007 3:48:54 AM from Sins of a Solar Empire ForumsSins of a Solar Empire Forums
I have found that when ever I start up the game with in 30 seconds to 7 minutes I crash to blue screen and have to restart I am running the latest patch as of last month.

System specs:
Pentium IV: 2.80 ghz
1 256mb DDR stick of ram
1 512mb DDR stick of ram
Geforce 6200 Graphics Card
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Reply #1 November 4, 2007 4:17:08 AM
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You're running one outdated system there..

I'd suggest running it in DX8 mode but I dunno if SoaSE even supports DX8.

And I haven't got a real 'blue screen' in years. If you're getting real blue-screen errors in XP, something is seriously wrong.
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Reply #2 November 4, 2007 5:07:34 AM
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He can play sins with that system. I can and my system isnt really much better.
Maybe there is a problem with the memory management or driver Problem.
The Geforce should handle the game, but the rest... dunno
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Reply #3 November 4, 2007 5:44:12 AM
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I can sell ya 2 6800 GS for SLI
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Reply #4 November 4, 2007 11:01:33 AM
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The problem is his Geforce 6200 -- I used to have that card, and its a piece of I don't know about the PCI-E and integrated versions, but the reason I used that card is because I only had PCI ports, and I discovered the hard way that it didn't work well. It will only accept certain drivers for gaming, and those drivers can't handle movies -- the computer would lag to a halt if you tried. If you get better drivers for movies, games are suddenly prone to (severe) errors, including frequent blue-screens. And if you try to run the most recent drivers... you get the whole shebang.
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Reply #5 November 4, 2007 12:09:57 PM
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Yup, you need to lose that 6200. I am sure they still sell AGP gf-6600's-7xxx's cheap. I run sins on an AGP slot gf-6600gt with no issues.

You are running a p4 cpu so your MB should have at least an AGP slot on it. If it doesn't you may want to consider a new system.

Im sure having 2 different types of ram isn't helping matters much. I use only matched sets (which you can get cheaply).
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Reply #6 November 4, 2007 12:32:06 PM
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Im sure having 2 different types of ram isn't helping matters much. I use only matched sets (which you can get cheaply).


Yeah, the loss of memory bandwidth would hurt him badly, I didn't catch that.
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Reply #7 November 4, 2007 2:28:58 PM
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and Nvidia does absolutely nothing about it thats F'in great and unfortunately something that is cheap for you guys costs me an arm and a leg.
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Reply #8 November 4, 2007 5:06:24 PM
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If it makes you feel any better, my current video card is a GeForce FX5200

My new 8800GT on a UPS truck is MIA somewhere between Ohio and Pennsylvania
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Reply #9 November 4, 2007 5:13:29 PM
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My new 8800GT on a UPS truck is MIA somewhere between Ohio and Pennsylvania


Oh, that was yours? Sorry.
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Reply #10 November 4, 2007 6:19:59 PM
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*looks for the spork*
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Reply #11 November 4, 2007 6:24:31 PM
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*looks for the spork*



Oh, that was yours? Sorry.
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Reply #12 November 4, 2007 9:48:34 PM
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and Nvidia does absolutely nothing about it thats F'in great and unfortunately something that is cheap for you guys costs me an arm and a leg.


Of course nvidia does nothing, you bought the cheapest card ever and want a 2007 game to run on it. 6600GTs are about $40 on eBay, that is not an "arm and a leg" - don't exaggerate.
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Reply #13 November 4, 2007 10:25:20 PM
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that is not an "arm and a leg" - don't exaggerate.


It can be, depending no his budget. If he only has, say, 5$ a week to throw around...

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Reply #14 November 5, 2007 7:17:18 AM
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it also depends on WHOSE arm/ leg we are talking about, i mean, i wouldnt pay a thing for shoddy's leg, in fact, i might actually pay someone to keep it. On the other hand, i would give my left pancreas for yarley's arm
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Reply #15 February 22, 2008 4:44:29 PM
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Ron, can you let me know which drivers you've used successfully with the 6200? My main computer isn't working right now (Wretched Asus, shipped me two bum motherboards in a row), and I'm stuck running a PC with a 6200 until who knows when. It's only got PCI slots, so I can't change the card. Any driver suggestions from anyone? The current drivers lock the game up in 1-10 minutes without fail.
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Reply #16 February 22, 2008 4:53:51 PM
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Ron, can you let me know which drivers you've used successfully with the 6200? My main computer isn't working right now (Wretched Asus, shipped me two bum motherboards in a row), and I'm stuck running a PC with a 6200 until who knows when. It's only got PCI slots, so I can't change the card. Any driver suggestions from anyone? The current drivers lock the game up in 1-10 minutes without fail.


No, I don't remember. I remember they were way out of date, and I had spotty success even then -- some things would run, others wouldn't. I think it was 184.something or other... (If the most recent drivers don't work, your in trouble )
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